Collection Highlights
Cayambe
Date:
1858
Object Number:
S-91
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Saddle
Object Number:
X.375
Date:
1860-1865
Medium:
Horsehair, leather, silk brocade
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 38 1/2 x 1 in. ( 76.2 x 97.8 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Horse's horsehair breast plate; semi-circular breast plate with scalloped leather collar embroidered with a foliate design, lengths of brown horse hair draped below; w-shaped silk brocade blue and white lining.
Gallery Label:
This breast plate was used during the Civil War.
Credit Line:
Gift of Henry O'Reilly
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
